Jon Walker writes about politics, health care, and drug policy. He is the author of After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy.
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Pelosi Can Save Obamacare With a One-Line Amendment
By repealing the individual mandate, which is now functionally inert, the House Speaker can invalidate a push to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. Read more
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A Road Map to Warren’s Entire Administration
The presidential candidate’s Medicare for All transition plan is a muddle. But it reveals her theory of progress. Read more
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The Great Fairness Versus Disruption Debate
Elizabeth Warren’s and Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All funding plans reveal strategic differences among progressives. Read more
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Marijuana Legalization Plan Shows Sanders Is No Socialist
His proposal seeks to create a class of marijuana small-business owners, rather than nationalizing the industry and forwarding the benefits to victims of marijuana prohibition. Read more
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How Warren Should Pay for Medicare for All
If the presidential candidate wants to avoid middle-class tax increases, she should vow to drastically push down health care provider prices. Read more
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Sanders Is Trying to Have It Both Ways on Union Health Care
He claims that Medicare for All will be comprehensive with no duplicative insurance. But he promises unions that they can have something extra. Read more
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Are Voters Willing to Pay 18 Percent of GDP on Health Care?
The raw numbers behind the Medicare for All debate Read more
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Joe Biden Wants to “Get Rid” of Half of Obamacare
By creating a public option for Medicaid expansion, Biden’s plan pushes over half of those who gained coverage through Obamacare into a new plan. Read more
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The Debate Over “Eliminating” Private Insurance Is Semantic Noise
Even the most far-left single-payer program out there preserves a role for private health insurance … sort of. Read more
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The Cannabis Equity Con
Illinois wants to make sure its marijuana business benefits entrepreneurs of color. But that won’t be the kind of broad-based equity we need. Read more
